Washington, Feb 4, (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday confirmed that Ukrainian and Russian technical military teams are holding direct talks with US involvement, calling the engagement an important step even as he cautioned that the most difficult issues remain unresolved.“For the first time in a very long time, we have technical military teams from both Ukraine and Russia meeting in a forum that we’ll also be involved with,” Rubio told reporters, referring to discussions …
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Kyiv, Jan 31 (IANS) A technological failure has caused widespread power outages across Ukraine on Saturday, said Ukrainian authorities. Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Telegram that the incident occurred at 10:42 a.m. local time (0842 GMT) and involved a simultaneous disconnection of the power lines linking the Romanian and Moldovan power systems, as well as the line between the western and central parts of Ukraine.The failure triggered a cascading outage in Ukraine’s power grid and the ac…
Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that Russia agreed not to fire on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities for a week during extreme cold, as his envoy described what he called new momentum in talks since Geneva.Trump asked special envoy Steve Witkoff to brief his Cabinet colleagues on the diplomatic track. Witkoff said, “The Ukrainians actually said that we’ve made more progress in the last — since Geneva than they’ve seen in the last four years of that conflict.”Witkof…
Moscow, Jan 22 (IANS) A Ukrainian attack on port facilities in Russia’s Krasnodar region killed three people, local authorities have said.Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said on Telegram that the strike hit port terminals in the village of Volna in the Temryuk district.The attack sparked a fire at the site, igniting four tanks containing oil products, the governor said, adding that firefighting and emergency response operations are ongoing.The strike caused a fire that spread to four tank…
Kyiv, Jan 19 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that if Russia genuinely wanted to end the war, it would focus on diplomacy—not on missile strikes, blackouts, or attempts to damage Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.He said there is information about the sites Russia reconnoitered in preparation for strikes, stressing that everything clearly shows “diplomacy is not a priority for Russia”.In an address to the nation, Zelensky said, “The main target for Russia is invariab…
Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) A powerful US Senator welcomed reports that the United States, Ukraine, and Europe have aligned behind a shared negotiating position to end the war in Ukraine, observing that Western unity has shifted the balance against Russia.“I welcome reports that the United States, Ukraine, and Europe have coalesced around a common negotiating position to end Putin’s war of aggression,” said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker.“The West’s demonstration of…
Moscow, Dec 30 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Kyiv launched an overnight drone attack targeting the presidential residence in Russia’s northwestern region of Novgorod.”On the night of December 28-29, the Kyiv regime launched a terrorist attack using 91 long-range strike drones on the state residence of the President of the Russian Federation,” Lavrov said on Monday.He added that all incoming drones were shot down by air defence systems of the Russian Armed Forces, and no…
Moscow, Dec 27 (IANS) The potential crisis resolution plan that Kyiv is reportedly proposing differs significantly from the one that Moscow and Washington are working on, a Russian official said. The settlement was approaching, but the negotiation process is being hindered by the setting of deadlines and attempts to torpedo it, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on the “60 Minutes” programme.”I believe Dec. 25, 2025, will remain in our memory as a milestone when we truly approac…